🐝Asian hornet
등검은말벌(영어: Asian hornet, 학명: Vespa velutina 베스파 벨루티나[*])은 말벌과의 곤충이다. 열대 아시아가 원산인 아열대성 말벌으로, 프랑스, 스페인, 포르투갈, 대한민국 그리고 일본에 유입되었다. 대한민국에서는 2003년 중국 상하이를 경유하여 부산에 침입한 외래종이다. 한국에서는 상당히 위협적인 말벌로 여겨지는데, 양봉에 큰 피해를 주면서 서식지가 전국적으로 확산되고 있어 등검은말벌에 쏘이는 피해사례도 증가하고 있다.
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The IUCN Red List has not assessed Vespa velutina yet.
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- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumArthropoda
- ›classInsecta
- ›orderHymenoptera
- ›familyVespidae
- ›genusVespa
- ›speciesVespa velutina
- classInsects · Insecta
- orderAnts, bees & wasps · Hymenoptera
- subfamilyVespinae
- genusVespa
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumArthropoda
- subphylumHexapoda
- classInsects · Insecta
- subclassPterygota
- orderAnts, bees & wasps · Hymenoptera
- superfamilyVespoidea
- familyVespidae
- subfamilyVespinae
- genusVespa
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